Fish Farming

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 976 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Fields of Fish - The huge rise in farmed fish and the people trying to make it sustainable. The world is now producing more farmed fish than farmed beef. Sheila Dillon discovers how fish farming works and hears concerns about its impact on the environment and fish welfare.

Presented by Sheila Dillon and produced in Bristol by Emma Weatherill.

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0:41.7	Okay, so I press the little cross, do I?
0:44.0	Yes, the little cross is the menu button,
0:47.0	and then there'll be a button saying fish.
0:50.0	Right, press that.
0:51.0	If you click on that, then you can choose your fish.
0:53.7	At the top there will be a thing saying feed.
0:56.3	All right, press that one. And then click on the screen and you should be able to
1:01.4	feed them food. Oh right.
1:04.0	Ten year old Edward, teaching me how to take care of fish digitally on our smartphones.
1:10.0	The aim of the game is to look after fish and like help them grow up and when they're
1:16.7	adults you can breed more fish or you can sell them to get money.
1:23.0	What does knock mean?
1:25.0	It's just knocking on the glass.
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